A board member of the SVP Steffisburg BE wrote a nasty comment on Facebook about the ban on plastic bags at Swiss store checkouts. According to SDA, the media officer of the Steffisburg SVP section wrote that he recommended "giving each and every one of these left-wing scumbags a specially sealed plastic bag and then quickly putting it over their head and tying it up with a long cable tie". The SVP Steffisburg is now examining measures. The slogan is a comment on the Facebook page of Thomas Fuchs, a member of the SVP cantonal council for the city of Berne. He criticizes the ban on plastic bags at checkouts recently passed by the Swiss parliament. The author of the statement is Ueli Tobler. According to SDA, he apologized on his own Facebook page to anyone who felt hurt by the statement. He had made the comments as a private individual and they were "politically incorrect". Tobler has since deleted the post.

Ueli Tobler isn't the only one who has used abusive language, but at the same time doesn't realize that not everything on social media is as private as people sometimes assume. In June, for example, an SVP politician from the city of Zurich resigned from the school board following a comment on Twitter. The president of the SVP's Schwyz section also resigned in September following a comment on Facebook.

Despite all the obvious difficulties with social media, one thing remains the same: the comment went too far. Fuchs thought so too: he distanced himself from it, as he confirmed to SDA on request. Thomas Fuchs believes that Tobler - and other commentators - may not have been aware that his Facebook page was public. People mistakenly believed that their posts could only be seen by Facebook "friends".

You have to understand that too. Then, of course, the comment is okay again. After all, nobody can know that the public is reading along. Or, to put it without irony: every member of the public who is on social networks should perhaps inform themselves briefly about how they work. Or at least remember the following sentence: Internet is generally a way of exchanging thoughts and data, otherwise it would probably be called Solonet. (uma)

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Finass.ch presents the travel service provider's wide range of offers in detail and clearly. The clear navigation structure is designed to help users find their way around quickly and effectively. The header video in the private travel section is intended to whet the appetite for travel. The website has also been optimized for tablet and smartphone users With the CMS Drupal pages are updated, it is tweeted and a monthly newsletter is sent.

Responsible at Finass Reisen: Götz Mundhenke (overall responsibility), Daniel Wittwer, Erica Dillier (project management). Responsible at Station: Patman (CD), Thomas Bestvina, Patrick Stoll (project management),Michel Luarasi, Mike Fischer (design), Roger Burkhardt, Lukas Von Blarer, Curdin Pitsch (development), Próspero Felipe, Povilas Pasausis (collaboration). Responsible at Zürcher Kommunikation: Markus Zürcher (Consulting).

The cooperation between the search engine Yandex and the agency for search engine marketing SEM and digital strategy consulting offers Swiss advertisers an online marketing solution that is even closer to the Russian market, Webrepublic said in a statement. With a market share of around 63 percent of the Russian search engine market, Yandex allows potential customers in Russia and the whole of Eastern Europe to be addressed in a targeted manner.

Especially in the travel industry, but also in the real estate or luxury goods market, the Russian target audience can be advertised effectively and cost-efficiently from Switzerland.
The Russian search engine recorded more than 150 million search queries per day and revenue growth of more than 50 percent in 2011, according to the release. With the expansion of the service offering through Yandex.Direct Marketing, the agency is embarking on a new path, the release continues. In the future, Yandex campaigns for internationally oriented companies will be launched and managed from Zurich and brought directly to Russia's search engine. In addition to the existing Google AdWords campaigns, advertising on Yandex offers an additional opportunity to open up new markets.
 

The communication measures focus on strengthening Kandahar's distribution partners. The first results will be seen in public in the spring.
 

With the service, the receptions select mountain railway tickets directly online with the desired number of days and hand out the keycard to the guest immediately. The service platform accesses the Skidata system directly via an interface and activates the keycard, the web agency said in a statement. Guests who are already in possession of a keycard can use it for the desired ski area at Davos.ch unlock yourself.

Newmedia developed the service platform. The content management system Typo3 was used. Newmedia has already implemented various projects for Davos Klosters. The customer base also includes Graubünden Ferien and Engadin.

(flnr: Reto Zahner: Newmedia, Yves Bugmann, Cynthia Lardelli and Andre Rellstab: Davos Klosters Mountains)

He wants to take on a new professional challenge in Italy, according to a Datacolor press release on Wednesday. The succession process has already been initiated.

As part of a succession plan, Felix Bitterli will focus on third-party customer support from 2013. He has been with Basler Zeitung Medien for 38 years. After holding various other positions, most recently as Technical Manager Customer Printing and Vice Director, he took over as Managing Director of the printing center in 1996, which has been operating as an independent subsidiary of Basler Zeitung Medien under the name "Die Zeitungsdrucker Schweiz" since 2011. In the past 16 years, he was responsible, among other things, for the construction of the new printing center with eight printing towers from the German manufacturer König & Bauer between 2002 and 2004 and managed various other areas of Basler Zeitung Medien, such as marketing.

The new Head of Newspaper Production, Patrick Hohler, has been working at the printing center on Hochbergstrasse since 1991. After completing an apprenticeship as a typographer, he worked in various areas of the print center before being appointed Application Manager in 2008. Since 2011, as Deputy Managing Director of the printing center, he has been responsible for the entire data processing and data preparation processes.
 

Matteo Pelli will join the group in May 2013 and from September he is to take over the leadership of Radio 3i. This was announced by the Ticino radio and television RSI on Wednesday. The change is intended to expand the multimedia presence and strengthen the position with the younger audience.

Radio 3i is part of Tlmedia Holding, which is controlled by the publishing house of Corriere del Ticino. Matteo Pelli is to expand the dialogue with Corriere del Ticino readers from September onwards and take new initiatives in addition to the current "Duemila battute" column.

Matteo Pelli worked for Ticino television for around 15 years. He enjoys corresponding popularity in Italian-speaking Switzerland. As a novelist, he has already published 3 books.

The SRG is operating with unacceptable negligence, according to a press release from the Swiss Syndicate of Media Professionals (SSM). The SRG guaranteed the broadcaster's objectives and the preservation of some of the jobs. In reality, the SRG has done nothing more than throw sand in the eyes with these guarantees, the press release continues. In fact, neither of the two potential buyers (Werbewoche.ch reported) fulfill the SRG's conditions for a takeover.

This is the reason why the SSM has been demanding negotiations on a social plan for several months. Although all the conditions for this have been met, SRG is stubbornly refusing to discuss the matter with staff and their representatives without any explanation, the press release continues. This refusal to take responsibility on the part of SRG is an affront to the employees of WRS. The SSM therefore reiterates its demand to enter into negotiations without delay.
 

The competition proceedings against Google will continue into the coming year in view of the tough position of European antitrust watchdogs. The US trade authority FTC will also not conclude its investigations before January, reported the New York Times. It had previously been said that an agreement with Google could be announced in the USA this week.

EU Competition Commissioner Joaquín Almunia confirmed that his authority is also continuing to investigate the accusation that Google has put competitors at a disadvantage in its leading internet search engine. He expects Google to submit official proposals in January to dispel the Commission's competition concerns. At the same time, Almunia spoke of progress following a meeting with Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Since the talks began in July, the differences had been significantly reduced. Originally, the competition authorities in Europe and the USA wanted to conclude their investigations this year.

Coordinated approach

According to numerous media reports over the weekend, an antitrust lawsuit against Google already appeared to have been averted in the USA. The most serious allegation by competitors that Google had disadvantaged them in search results in favor of its own services was off the table for the antitrust watchdogs, it was said. However, some FTC commissioners now want more time to consider possible penalties in the proceedings, reported the New York Times. Google had always responded to the allegations by saying that it operates a service for users and not for other search engines.

The regulators in the USA and Europe rely on a coordinated approach for globally active companies. Former FTC chief Bill Kovacic also emphasized that any concessions made in Europe would also shape Google's entire business. "The decisions made in Brussels will set a global standard for them," he told the website Politico. Other experts, however, believe that Google could then set up different search systems for Europe and the rest of the world.

Google makes concessions

In the US, one of the concessions to prevent a competition lawsuit is that Google will make less use of restaurant reviews or travel reports from other websites, as reported by the website Politico and the New York Times. In addition, the transfer of advertising campaigns with the entire data packages to other search engines should be made easier. This is also in line with the other points under investigation by EU regulators, which Almunia listed once again on Tuesday. (SDA)
 

The applications for iPhone and iPad as well as for Android smartphones and tablets are available immediately. Within the scope of this new order, the agency is responsible for all project steps - from conception to technical implementation as well as project management. According to the agency, the so-called universal approach was chosen. Technically, this involves only one iOS and Android application, which has an optimized user interface and its own navigation according to the respective end device, as well as high-performance content playout.

According to Birger Veit, Managing Director of Cellular, SRF thus "only has to maintain two applications. When updates are made, error corrections and new functions can be made available to users on all devices more quickly and with less effort." Furthermore, in addition to live content from TV and radio, the app also includes navigation based on a color-coded system. It identifies the departments and program offerings in line with SRF's new brand world. In this way, the individual departments are recognizable at first glance by means of colors.

TV and radio streams from Radio SRF 4 News can be accessed live. In addition to current news with audio and video, reports and features from the departments, weather reports and social media functions are also integrated into the apps.
 

If you slide the octagon card together correctly, it forms a star and makes the agency's Christmas greetings visible - without the need for a mouse click.